Detachable button



1.,POLLARD. DETACHABLE BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, I920.

1,372,449. Patentd Mar 22, 1921.

JEAN POLLARD, OF KILLINEY, IRELAND.

DETACHABLE BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent. M Pate t d Ma 2 1921 Application filedJune 22, 1920. Serial No. 390,728.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN POLLARD, married woman, a subject of the Kingof Great Britain, residing at Rose Cottage, K1111- ney, Co. Dublin,Ireland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n DetachableButtons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to detachable buttons applicable to garterconnections or suspenders or the like, and has for its ob ect to providemeans whereby such buttons are easily detached from their base plate orbase plate stud and are therefore more readlly renewable without thenecessity of purchasing new garter connections or the like with theiraccompanying new buttons, and thus economy in expenditure is attainedand time and trouble are saved; and such detachable buttons may be soldon cards or in bulk for renewal purposes as and when requlred.

According to my invention, said detachable buttons applicable to garterbuckles or suspenders or the like, consist of a detachable head adaptedto form a button which is easily detached from the usual base plate orgarter buckle and is so adapted as to facilitate renewal of worn buttonsas and when required without renewing the buckle or suspender or likeconnection .as is usual as a matter of course owing to the formercheapness of the accompanying parts.

In the prior art it has been proposed to apply to garter buckles or thelike, fixed and headed studs provided with permanently fixed headsformed out of soft rubber or other soft material holed and recessed toform a button which in turn is adapted to be sprung over thecorresponding headed stud which is fixed in the usual base plate orgarter buckle.

In carrying my present invention into practice, 1n one convenient form Iprovide a detachable stud with rubber or other soft covered materialadapted to form a button applicable to the garter buckle or suspender orthe like. In another form I provide a shouldered stud covered withrubber or other soft material, and having a spring head adapted to beeasily attached to or de tached from the garter buckle or suspender orthe like.

In order that my said inventlon 1n its practical form may be understood,the same is more fully described hereinafter with reference to theaccompanying explanatory drawing.

In the drawing, Figure 1 shows a sectional elevation of one form of thedetachable button as applied to a garter buckle or suspender or thelike; and Fig. 2, is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified form ofthe invention.

In Fig. 1, the detachable button consists of a screwed sleeve 1 coveredwith rubber or other soft material adapted to form a button 2 and bymeans of the sleeve 1 adapted to be screwed onto a corresponding stud 3which at 4 is attached to the garter buckle or suspender 5 in such amanner that said button is readily attachable or detachable as and whenrequired. The screwed stud 3 is waisted to fit into the garter buckle 5or the like, and at 6 is riveted over. The sleeve 1 is headed at 7 tosecure the button 2. The buckle or suspender 5 is of the known kindprovided with slots for attaching thereto in the known manner theflexible material 8 which in turn is connected in the known manner toanother buckle of the known kind such as 9 which in turn is providedwith the usual clasp 10 adapted to secure in the known manner the end ofthe stocking or the like on the button 2.

In a modification, the screwed sleeve 1, Fig. 2, has its end 1 cut shortof the immediate side of garter buckle or suspender 5 so that thecorresponding end of the button 2 is caused to press tighter againstthis immediate side of the buckle or suspender 5, thus producing abetter binding or looking effect on the sleeve 1 and the button 2 withthe garter buckle or suspender 5 as the button and sleeve are tightenedup.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A button comprising a base plate, a shank member secured to the baseplate, a sleeve adapted to engage with the said shank, and a flexiblecover member on the said sleeve to form a button thereon.

2. A button comprising a base plate, a screw threaded shank secured inthe base plate, a tapped sleeve member adapted to be received on thescrew threaded shank, and a flexible cover member on the tapped sleeveadapted to form a button thereon.

3, A button comprising a base plate, a the surface of the base plate tofrictionally 10 screw threaded shank secured in the base maintain theparts in their assembled relaplate, a tapped sleeve adapted to beengaged tionship.

With the screw threaded shank, and a'fiexi- Signed by me this 4th day ofJune, 1920. ble cover surrounding the tapped sleeve and extending beyondthe inner end of the same JEAN POLLARD. so that when the sleeve isengaged with the Witnesses: I shank and turned to place thereon theinner V. MURUs, side of the fiexiblecover will engage with H.BAICHWILLIAM.

